Welcome to the Conversation series between the radical feminist activist and author, John Stoltenberg and trans feminist activist, Cristan Williams. Conversation Installments are published every other Saturday.

November 29, 2015

Pt. 1, The Sex/Gender Binary: Intertextual Dialectics

Transgender feminist Cristan Williams opens the conversation with radical feminist John Stoltenberg by making inquiries into the ways in which Stoltenberg conceptualizes and communicates terminology relating […]
November 30, 2015

Pt. 2,The Sex/Gender Binary: Essentialism

Radical feminist John Stoltenberg responds to transgender feminist Cristan Williams‘ essay by recounting the way in which their conversation began and reviews the way he and Andrea […]
January 23, 2016

Pt. 3, To Question Sex Pedagogy

Transgender feminist Cristan Williams moves the focus of her conversation with radical feminist John Stoltenberg towards questioning the idea that society’s binary body labeling system we regard as being […]
January 24, 2016

Pt. 4, Sex Pedagogy: Essentialism as Praxis

Radical feminist John Stoltenberg responds to trans feminist Cristan Williams‘ commentary on sex pedagogy noting that his long-term analysis has always been that sex is constructed to support gendered […]
February 7, 2016

Pt. 5, Radical Epistemology: Applications of Sex Class and Sex Caste Consciousness

Trans feminist Cristan Williams responds to radical feminist John Stoltenberg‘s commentary on the practice of sex pedagogy, reviewing the application of “sex class” consciousness, as expressed by Andrea […]
March 14, 2016

Pt. 6, The Fork in the Road: Sex Class Consciousness vs Biologism, Essentialism, and Identity

Radical feminist John Stoltenberg responds to trans feminist Cristan Williams‘ commentary on feminist sex class and sex caste epistemology, considers peer tautologies and class analysis of Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon. Stoltenberg […]
June 23, 2016

Pt. 7, Examining Discursive Nuance: Sex, Gender, and Acculturated Identity

Trans Feminist Cristan Williams responds to Radical Feminist John Stoltenberg‘s commentary on sex class consciousness vs biologism, essentialism, and identity by drawing theoretical correlations between Stoltenberg and Monique Wittig. […]
July 1, 2016

Pt. 8, Discursive Ontology: Feminism, Identity, and Manhood

Radical feminist John Stoltenberg responds to trans feminist Cristan Williams‘ questions regarding the discursive contexts Stoltenberg has used when conceptualizing “gender identity” and “sexual identity”. Stoltenberg expounds upon his contextualization […]
August 2, 2016

Pt. 9, Trans Dasein: Culture, Identity, and Role

Trans Feminist Cristan Williams responds to Radical Feminist John Stoltenberg‘s commentary on feminism, identity, and manhood, describing how “gender identity” is used within trans discourse. Williams discusses her experience […]